South Carolina state laws determine that records recording municipal activities such as court papers, arrest records, marriage certificates, vehicular transgressions and more are open and available to the general public, largely as a result of the South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act. This legislation, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, gives Port Royal people with specifics associated with cases of governmental involvement, such as the names and addresses of those involved, the situations leading up an occurrence, results and sentences passed down, and much more. Citizens of Port Royal have the ability to better realize their rights due to these laws, and the transparency provided by the release of these records helps to keep both criminals and regulators liable with regard to their actions, consequently resulting in a more open and free society for everybody.